毟る
むしる · mushiru
To pluck, to pick, to tear
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Conjugation
| Polite (ます形) | 毟りますむしります |
| Polite negative (ません) | 毟りませんむしりません |
| Polite past (ました) | 毟りましたむしりました |
| Polite past negative (ませんでした) | 毟りませんでしたむしりませんでした |
| Let us ~ (ましょう) | 毟りましょうむしりましょう |
| Masu-stem (連用形) | 毟りむしり |
| Want to ~ (たい形) | 毟りたいむしりたい |
| While ~ing (ながら) | 毟りながらむしりながら |
| Te-form (て形) | 毟ってむしって |
| Plain past (た形) | 毟ったむしった |
| Tara-conditional (たら形) | 毟ったらむしったら |
| Progressive (ている形) | 毟っているむしっている |
| Plain negative (ない形) | 毟らないむしらない |
| Plain past negative (なかった形) | 毟らなかったむしらなかった |
| Negative te-form (なくて) | 毟らなくてむしらなくて |
| Potential (可能形) | 毟れるむしれる |
| Ba-conditional (条件形) | 毟ればむしれば |
| Imperative (命令形) | 毟れむしれ |
| Volitional (意向形) | 毟ろうむしろう |
| Passive (受身形) | 毟られるむしられる |
| Causative (使役形) | 毟らせるむしらせる |
| Causative-passive (使役受身形) | 毟らされるむしらされる |
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Questions
What does 毟る mean?
To pluck, to pick, to tear.
How do you pronounce 毟る?
むしる (mushiru). Pitch accent: heiban — flat. Press Listen above to hear it.
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